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Health Change
Bulletin
| October 27, 2011
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Three Issue Forty Three
Complimentary Publication from Health Policy Publishing
LLC
www.HealthChangeBulletin.com
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listened very carefully to the more than 1,300 comments we received on
the proposed rule released this spring, and this final rule includes a
number of improvements suggested by those comments that will strengthen
the program. For example, the final rule will increase the incentives
and streamline the Shared Savings Program, extending the benefits of the
new program to a broader range of beneficiaries.” Donald M. Berwick,
M.D., Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) |
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AMA Statement on House Vote to Eliminate 3 Percent Withholding
American Medical Association, October 27, 2011
State Seeks Help to Cut Cost of Chronically Ill
Wall Street Journal, October 27, 2011
When a Law Loses Its Teeth, Can the Reform Still Bite?
California Healthline, October 26, 2011
HHS Releases Final Regulations For ACOs
Kaiser Health News, October 20, 2011
HHS announces incentives for providers to work together through ACOs
when caring for people with Medicare
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, October 20, 2011
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Welcome Progress, But the Final Verdict on ACOs Is Yet to Come
Health Affairs, October 27, 2011
Want an Estimate of Medical Treatment Costs? Good
Luck, GAO Says
Wall Street Journal Health Blog, October 24, 2011
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Limits on how Medicare patients obtain
prescription drugs could prevent legitimate use of prescriptions
AmericanMedicalNews,
https://twitter.com/amednews, October 27, 2011
Kaiser fact sheet profiles dual eligibles and
explains what health reform could mean for them
Kaiser Family Found,
https://twitter.com/KaiserFamFound, October 27, 2011 |
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CMS Announces Accountable Care Organization Rule
HealthCareGov, October 26, 2011
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This
Week's Selected List:
8 Things to Know About the ACO Final Rule
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Quality measurements
reduced from 65 to 33
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All ACOs must
eventually transition into Track 2 models
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The final rule
eliminates barring ACOs with net losses from continued
participation in the program
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The requirement that
healthcare providers use electronic health records to report
quality measures has been eliminated
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Participants can only
be part of a single ACO
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Retrospective
assignment has been slightly modified
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CMS will use a
"step-wise approach" as the basic assignment methodology
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Governance is no
longer required to be proportional to ownership
Notes: Costs are estimates $341 per missed work day is based on
(inflation-adjusted) research published by Goetzel, et al.
(2003)
Source: Becker's ASC Review
Source URL:
http://www.beckersasc.com/news-analysis/8-things-to-know-about-the-aco-final-rule.html
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